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* The [[LightIsNotGood Law Heroine]] in ''FanFic/GoddessRebornChronicle'', whose soul was bonded to an angel-until she finds herself better treated by enemies than allies, questioning her own faith and motivations.

* ''Fanfic/TheStoryOfApolloDaphneAndLucaAnItalianTragedy'': [[BigJerkOnCampus Vincenzo]] is a self-righteous and arrogant [[TheBully bully]] who, because of his obsessive romantic fantasies regarding his [[VillainousCrush]] enormous crush on [[FieryRedgead Giulia]], thinks that all his bad actions towards [[TheCutie Luca]] (who Vincenzo sees as a cruel and manipulative little brat who hides behind a mask of fake sweetness and innocence in order to easily manipulate other people's feelings and cheating on innocent girls without repercussions) are noble.

* [[AncientConspiracy The Circles]] from the ''FanFic/DevaSeries''. They firmly believe that artificial magery will lead to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and seek to kill Hayate and friends for using Devices. Admittedly, there is a smidge of truth in their beliefs, but the extents to which they go, combined with their insistence on refusing Hayate's offers, do not help their case.

* Something of a recurring theme in ''FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse'':

* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'':

* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' canon, Yukari Yakumo is usually portrayed as the overseer of Gensokyo, when working being a TricksterMentor to Reimu and tending the Hakurei Border. However, when a fic goes DarkerAndEdgier, Yukari will usually be a ruthless knight templar, that measures no consequences in order to keep the barrier up and Gensokyo safe. This goes from hunting Rin, provoking a small war with Yuuka and [[spoiler:nearly [[YouHaveFailedMe executing Remilia for her failure]]]] in ''FanFic/ImperfectMetamorphosis'' or [[spoiler:spiriting away selfish kids to destroy the balance of Gensokyo in order to keep the place busy and prolong its lifespan]] in ''WebAnimation/DiamondInTheRoughTouhou''.

** Celestia and the Ponies often fall under this category as well (especially in Fanfic/[[TheConversionBureauTheChatoverse The Chatoverse]] stories). They feel that by ponifying humans and wiping their technology from the Earth, humans can have a better and more enlightened life. In these cases, the Ponies have no qualms about committing sundry atrocities to bring about their goals .

* In ''FanFic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Sarah [[spoiler:a Force-sensitive Siren]] is ''absolutely convinced'' she's doing the right thing to stop a devastating AlienInvasion...by killing anyone in her way. This is also enforced by her creators' belief they just did a bit of BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood by erasing her belief that ''they'' were breaking the very rule her present killing is supposed to be enforcing ([[{{Irony}} protecting sapient life]]).

*** Vera Bexley [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist views herself as a righteous crusader who'll finally put an end to the Mogriffs' threat over innocent people, but even her closest allies can see that she really just wants to wipe out all the Mogriffs because some of them killed her grandfather]]. Her obsession with this goal makes her willing to [[spoiler: [[BrokenPedestal renounce her faith in Elyon]] when she [[KnowWhenToFoldEm pragmatically ceases the siege of Snowpoint]], manipulate her closest friends into embarking on an ultimately futile suicide mission [[RogueAgent against the orders of her military superiors]], and abandon them when they surrender in the face of the impossible odds — [[NeverMyFault all the while dismissing all aforementioned people as cowards and weaklings]]]]. When she's holding [[spoiler: the hatchling Bladebeak hostage]] and told that Metalbeak killed her grandfather because he killed numerous Mogriffs with glee and that the past queens' attempts to take their ancestral lands has led to them attacking people, she still refuses to change her views.
*** Vera's late grandfather Jesekiel Bexley was also convinced that he was protecting innocents from the Mogriffs when he hunted them down under the service of Meridian's past queens, but he took it to needlessly sadistic levels by killing hatchlings and crushing unhatched eggs in front of their mothers before killing them as well.

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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In the post-story official timeline published by the author, [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans the Director]] [[spoiler:Walter Simmons]] thinks he's doing, in his own words, "what needs to be done" with his secret plans to go behind Monarch's backs and [[spoiler:build Mechagodzilla for implicitly-nefarious purposes]].
* ''Abraxas'' RecursiveFanfiction ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38446570/ Abraxas: The Clash of Silver]]'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Walter Simmons]], and Admiral Stenz' son, both believe that they're acting in mankind's best interests by planning to use [[HumongousMecha Mechagodzilla]] to kill Godzilla and then enslave all the other Titans as agricultural {{Living Batter|y}}ies, not caring that such actions are entirely unnecessary (especially since Godzilla and his Titan allies are consciously committed to protecting the world), and the two villains are willing to cause '''all''' the Titans to rampage against humanity and threaten millions of people as a FalseFlagOperation.

* ''Fanfic/BloomingMoonChronicles'': ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/173323/one-wish-for-nothing One Wish For Nothing]]'' -- Stronghold Halfdragon, a member of a pony-dragon hybrid race called the Draekin, is the leader of a cult called the Order of the White Dragon. A thousand years prior to the story, she waged a fierce war against Equestria, but was supposedly defeated. [[spoiler: In reality, she had actually killed Celestia and taken her place for the next thousand years]].
* ''Fanfic/TheDeathOfPrincessLuna'': The villains turn out to be [[spoiler:several members of the royal guard]] who have thoroughly deluded themselves into believing that they're only doing the right thing by kidnapping Princess Luna, [[DeathFakedForYou manipulating the entire kingdom into believing her to have died]] and keeping her inhumanely imprisoned in order to [[spoiler:kill her at the right time on some [[InsaneTrollLogic screwed up belief]] that it's necessary to permanently destroy Nightmare Moon so that she wouldn't [[DemonicPossession possess]] some other pony's body and kill them in the process (like they believe to have happened to Luna)]].

* ''Fanfic/{{Kage}}'' (''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' & ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'') has Kur, one of the leaders of the Meridian Rebellion. He harbors an [[FantasticRacism unsettlingly extreme hatred]] toward the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] race, expressing a belief that their annihilation is in Meridian's best interests as much as [[EvilOverlord Prince Phobos']] demise. He led a pogrom during Phobos' rule, capturing and killing many shapeshifters, including children and ordinary people who simply birthed them, like [[UsedToBeASweetKid Miranda's]] parents. Now he's plotting from the sidelines to gain Queen Elyon's support for a much larger pogrom...

*** Caleb was already showing signs of [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming extreme in his hunt for any suspected Phobos loyalists]] in the original story, but following the TimeSkip of the events leading to the start of this fic, he has all but reached this point. He has become as mistrustful and contemptuous of the old guard as most of his rebels are, to the point of thinking them to still be loyal to Phobos and wishing for them to be imprisoned or dead. He absolutely refuses to believe Nerissa was impersonating the Mage all along and lying about Jade having any prior connection to Phobos even as most of his friends are accepting the truth. He grows to hate Jade so extremely that he refuses to consider [[CreateYourOwnVillain his actions led to her becoming the enemy he always assumed her to be]] and is open about his desire to kill her under a delusional belief that it will end the crisis he helped to create.

** ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'' ([[RecursiveFanfiction fan sequel]] of the above): Caleb was already showing signs of [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming extreme in his hunt for any suspected Phobos loyalists]] in the original story, but following the TimeSkip of the events leading to the start of this fic, he has all but reached this point. He has become as mistrustful and contemptuous of the old guard as most of his rebels are, to the point of thinking them to still be loyal to Phobos and wishing for them to be imprisoned or dead. He absolutely refuses to believe Nerissa was impersonating the Mage all along and lying about Jade having any prior connection to Phobos even as most of his friends are accepting the truth. He grows to hate Jade so extremely that he refuses to consider [[CreateYourOwnVillain his actions led to her becoming the enemy he always assumed her to be]] and is open about his desire to kill her under a delusional belief that it will end the crisis he helped to create.

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* ''Fanfic/SonicXDarkChaos'': A common trope, particularly among the Angels and the more-fanatical Demons. The Muslims and the Emirate of Mecca take this trope up to eleven. [[spoiler: Cosmo's mother Hertia]] also eventually became this, [[spoiler: torturing Tsali's sister and killing a recently born Seedrian male child because of Daffodil's religious influence]].

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' canon, Yukari Yakumo is usually portrayed as the overseer of Gensokyo, when working being a TricksterMentor to Reimu and tending the Hakurei Border. However, when a fic goes DarkerAndEdgier, Yukari will usually be a ruthless knight templar, that measures no consequences in order to keep the barrier up and Gensokyo safe. This goes from hunting Rin, provoking a small war with Yuuka and [[spoiler:nearly [[YouHaveFailedMe executing Remilia for her failure]]]] in ''FanFic/ImperfectMetamorphosis'' or [[spoiler:spiriting away selfish kids to destroy the balance of Gensokyo in order to keep the place busy and prolong its lifespan]] in ''WebAnimation/DiamondInTheRoughTouhou''.





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* [[AncientConspiracy The Circles]] from the ''FanFic/DevaSeries''. They firmly believe that artificial magery will lead to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and seek to kill Hayate and friends for using Devices. Admittedly, there is a smidge of truth in their beliefs, but the extents to which they go, combined with their insistence on refusing Hayate's offers, do not help their case.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3557725/1/Forging_the_Sword Forging The Sword]]'' Harry wonders why no one makes all wizards take an unbreakable vow to never hurt anyone. [[ValuesDissonance This leads to quite a spectacular argument with Ron]] on how he can even ''suggest'' such a thing.
* The [[LightIsNotGood Law Heroine]] in ''FanFic/GoddessRebornChronicle'', whose soul was bonded to an angel-until she finds herself better treated by enemies than allies, questioning her own faith and motivations.
* In the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fanfic ''Fanfic/PrisonIslandBreak'', Silver is the nicer kind of Knight. However he is always convinced that he is morally in the right, despite also being a murderer. His greatest fear is becoming his father.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' multiversal {{Crossover}} ''Worldburner'', the ''Warhammers'' (the military-tasked arm of the [[BadassArmy Corps of Ringbearers]] who are serving as the front-line forces in the war against the JokerImmunity-blessed BigBad [[GodModeSue Judith]]) definitely fit this trope. In order to defeat Judith, they decide that no rules apply anymore and do things such as arm anyone who asks with 'bleeding edge' weapons, [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy whole planets]] [[ApocalypseHow and solar systems]], and [[BullyingADragon even standing up to an agency tasked with policing time]]. Unfortunately, they end up mostly dying because they run afoul of TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou territory, and don't want to wait for TheChosenOne to arrive. The really sad part is that FridgeLogic (and an AlternateCharacterInterpretation) suggests that they're actually correct, in that they saved untold lives by distracting Judith (and her forces) long enough for [[TheChosenOne the Worldhopper]] to arise and defeat her.
* A key point of the ''{{WesternAnimation/Zootopia}}'' fanfic ''A New Dawn''. Dawn Bellwether is 100% convinced that her Night Howler scheme was justified because, in her eyes, all predators are heartless monsters and the world would be safer without them. There are a number of factors that go into ''why'' she believes this, including her bigoted father, the abuse she had endured while working for Lionhart, and most prominently of all, [[spoiler: a traumatic experience as a teenager where she had been sexually assaulted by a predator]]. Dawn has found her place amongst prey supremacists who praise her as a hero, and it seems like nothing can change her mind... until Gideon Grey enters her life. By engaging in meaningful conversation and gently prodding at her belief system, Gideon gradually lowers Bellwether's defenses until she finally realizes that she was wrong. And afterwards, she does everything she can to undo the damage she's caused.

* In ''FanFic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Sarah [[spoiler:a Force-sensitive Siren]] is ''absolutely convinced'' she's doing the right thing to stop a devastating AlienInvasion...by [[KillEmAll killing anyone in her way]]. This is also enforced by her creators' belief they just did a bit of BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood by erasing her belief that ''they'' were breaking the very rule her present killing is supposed to be enforcing ([[{{Irony}} protecting sapient life]]).

* The ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''/''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' crossover fic ''Fanfic/{{Kage}}'' has Kur, one of the leaders of the Meridian Rebellion. He harbors an [[FantasticRacism unsettlingly extreme hatred]] toward the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] race, expressing a belief that their annihilation is in Meridian's best interests as much as [[EvilOverlord Prince Phobos']] demise. He led a pogrom during Phobos' rule, capturing and killing many shapeshifters, including children and ordinary people who simply birthed them, like [[UsedToBeASweetKid Miranda's]] parents. Now he's plotting from the sidelines to gain Queen Elyon's support for a much larger pogrom...

* ''Fanfic/SonicXDarkChaos'': A common trope, particularly among the Angels and the more-fanatical Demons. The Muslims and the Emirate of Mecca take this trope UpToEleven. [[spoiler: Cosmo's mother Hertia]] also eventually became this, [[spoiler: torturing Tsali's sister and killing a recently born Seedrian male child because of Daffodil's religious influence]].

** Karrien Excalibris, the archangel of war, takes this UpToEleven when he is sent to bring the protagonist to judgement - by killing him, and his associates, and burning anywhere he's spent a lot of time.

* ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'' has a few examples:
** Caleb is initially this, due to the intense nature of the war between Phobos and the Rebellion, before a talk with Jackie sets him straight.
** Alistar Tharquin, one of the Rebellion's leaders, is a fundamentalist both for the movement in general, and [[FantasticRacism hatred of Shapeshifters]] in particular.
** Quentin Ross, Section 13 agent and local [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]] {{expy}}, believes in inflexible BlackAndWhiteMorality.
** Aldarn is showing signs of this, regarding how the Rebellion should be dealing with Phobos' supporters. This hits its boiling point when Caleb decides to [[EnemyMine ally with some of the nobility who are opposed to Phobos]], which Aldarn is so disgusted by that he [[spoiler: plots to [[KlingonPromotion kill Caleb and take over the Rebellion]]]].
** [[spoiler: Nimue]] is determined to wipe out all demonic threats to humanity, no matter who or what has to be sacrificed to do so.
* The BigBad of ''Fanfic/FairyTalesAndHokum'', Charles Hamilton, wants to eradicate Nazis. Good for him. Unfortunately, he works under the assumption that AllGermansAreNazis and doesn't bat an eye at the thought of annihilating the entire country, including German Jews and opponents to Nazism (and is too self-certain to consider the fact that the Army of Anubis might not stop at man-made borders).

* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' canon, Yukari Yakumo is usually portrayed as the overseer of Gensokyo, when working being a TricksterMentor to Reimu and tending the Hakurei Border. However, when a fic goes DarkerAndEdgier, Yukari will usually be a ruthless knight templar, that measures no consequences in order to keep the barrier up and Gensokyo safe. This goes from hunting Rin, provoking a small war with Yuuka and [[spoiler:nearly [[YouHaveFailedMe executing Remilia for her failure]]]] in ''FanFic/ImperfectMetamorphosis'' or [[spoiler:spiriting away selfish kids to destroy the balance of Gensokyo in order to keep the place busy and prolong its lifespan]] in ''WebAnimation/DiamondInTheRoughTouhou''.

* Subverted in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''/''Anime/SailorMoon'' crossover ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4167708/1/Chaos_Infinity Chaos Infinity]]''. [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]]/MadScientist Dr. Eggman manipulates the Sailor Scouts into thinking that Sonic and his friends are the ones responsible for the crisis in Tokyo and pushes them to [[LetsYouAndHimFight fight each other]], thinking that the Scouts are too much for his archenemies to handle. His plan fails when Sonic gathers enough HeroicResolve to pull out his [[spoiler: own Chaos Blast]] to overpower their rivals and [[WhatTheHellHero calls out BOTH the Sailor Scouts and the people of Tokyo for their mistreatment]]. And then Eggman nearly kills Sailor Moon when using her and the Master Emerald as batteries for another one of his war machines to take out Sonic for good and everyone knew from then on who was really friend and foe. Again, it backfires. After stopping his final weapon, the Sailor Scouts and the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Freedom Fighters]] become friends.
* Subverted in ''[[FanFic/CheerileesGarden Cheerilee's Garden]]''. Cheerilee justifies her [[TorturePorn many brutal murders]] by claiming that she's doing the world a favor by ridding it of degenerates and corrupting influences ("weeds"), but just in case the reader wasn't already tipped off by her obvious eagerness and pleasure in committing such acts, Twilight flat-out states in the third chapter that Cheerilee is nothing more than a [[ForTheEvulz Hedonistic]] SerialKiller.
* The villains of ''Fanfic/TheDeathOfPrincessLuna'' turn out to be [[spoiler:several members of the royal guard]] who have thoroughly deluded themselves into believing that they're only doing the right thing by kidnapping Princess Luna, [[DeathFakedForYou manipulating the entire kingdom into believing her to have died]] and keeping her inhumanely imprisoned in order to [[spoiler:kill her at the right time on some [[InsaneTrollLogic screwed up belief]] that it's necessary to permanently destroy Nightmare Moon so that she wouldn't [[DemonicPossession possess]] some other pony's body and kill them in the process (like they believe to have happened to Luna)]].
* [[AncientConspiracy The Circles]] from the ''FanFic/DevaSeries''. They firmly believe that artificial magery will lead to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and seek to kill Hayate and friends for using Devices. Admittedly, there is a smidge of truth in their beliefs, but the extents to which they go, combined with their insistence on refusing Hayate's offers, do not help their case.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3557725/1/Forging_the_Sword Forging The Sword]]'' Harry wonders why no one makes all wizards take an unbreakable vow to never hurt anyone. [[ValuesDissonance This leads to quite a spectacular argument with Ron]] on how he can even ''suggest'' such a thing.
* The [[LightIsNotGood Law Heroine]] in ''FanFic/GoddessRebornChronicle'', whose soul was bonded to an angel-until she finds herself better treated by enemies than allies, questioning her own faith and motivations.
* ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'' has a few examples:
** Caleb is initially this, due to the intense nature of the war between Phobos and the Rebellion, before a talk with Jackie sets him straight.
** Alistar Tharquin, one of the Rebellion's leaders, is a fundamentalist both for the movement in general, and [[FantasticRacism hatred of Shapeshifters]] in particular.
** Quentin Ross, Section 13 agent and local [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]] {{expy}}, believes in inflexible BlackAndWhiteMorality.
** Aldarn is showing signs of this, regarding how the Rebellion should be dealing with Phobos' supporters. This hits its boiling point when Caleb decides to [[EnemyMine ally with some of the nobility who are opposed to Phobos]], which Aldarn is so disgusted by that he [[spoiler: plots to [[KlingonPromotion kill Caleb and take over the Rebellion]]]].
** [[spoiler: Nimue]] is determined to wipe out all demonic threats to humanity, no matter who or what has to be sacrificed to do so.
* The BigBad of ''Fanfic/FairyTalesAndHokum'', Charles Hamilton, wants to eradicate Nazis. Good for him. Unfortunately, he works under the assumption that AllGermansAreNazis and doesn't bat an eye at the thought of annihilating the entire country, including German Jews and opponents to Nazism (and is too self-certain to consider the fact that the Army of Anubis might not stop at man-made borders).
* The ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''/''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' crossover fic ''Fanfic/{{Kage}}'' has Kur, one of the leaders of the Meridian Rebellion. He harbors an [[FantasticRacism unsettlingly extreme hatred]] toward the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] race, expressing a belief that their annihilation is in Meridian's best interests as much as [[EvilOverlord Prince Phobos']] demise. He led a pogrom during Phobos' rule, capturing and killing many shapeshifters, including children and ordinary people who simply birthed them, like [[UsedToBeASweetKid Miranda's]] parents. Now he's plotting from the sidelines to gain Queen Elyon's support for a much larger pogrom...

* In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', one of the {{Alternate Universe}}s that Applejack sees at one point is a world were the Mane Cast have become a group of dictators who brainwash and otherwise brutally suppress anything "disharmonic." They are actually based off of the Justice Lords from the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' series.

* In ''FanFic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Sarah [[spoiler:a Force-sensitive Siren]] is ''absolutely convinced'' she's doing the right thing to stop a devastating AlienInvasion...by [[KillEmAll killing anyone in her way]]. This is also enforced by her creators' belief they just did a bit of BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood by erasing her belief that ''they'' were breaking the very rule her present killing is supposed to be enforcing ([[{{Irony}} protecting sapient life]]).
* A common trope in ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos'', particularly among the Angels and the more-fanatical Demons. The Muslims and the Emirate of Mecca take this trope UpToEleven. [[spoiler: Cosmo's mother Hertia]] also eventually became this, [[spoiler: torturing Tsali's sister and killing a recently born Seedrian male child because of Daffodil's religious influence]].